The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-17
"A BRAVE Girl.
bsji i BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS
AUTHOR OF TE GATES AFFAIR."" MADONNA
OF TUES" ETC.

up to put away the china on high shel
they used 1t 80 seldom now; they In,
no company In these silent days-onl,
Uncle John to tea last night; and Lotto hal
taken out the best Of everything, an,
made 1t as gay Gs abe could.
Whatever happens" continued Lotto
ITO other girfs-1 can't help It. can't q
out and mako my fortune. No moro Weo
torn Union Tor yon, Lotto Rollinstall. ia,
Gould won't take You into partnership ye
awhile. PloseeeorBhipB In Biology mus
advertise. muat decline 'em witt
thanks. There's nothing for 1t, but 10
me to make fortune come to mel
u must support this family, and edu
cate my BROTHER" proceeded Lotto, stil
aloud" and l must do 1t in this old place
LIS all there Is for us-it's all there Ia O.
us. Now"- - - y
Now Lotto tumbled into tho drawer when
she got as far as this. She slipped, and
waYered, and wrige'ed, and wildly waving
her gut china teacup TO keep her balance
but lost 1t, and came bobbing down, bump.
Ing her nose all the way against the edge
OF the shelves, aud collapsiug in haap
on the drawers which had opened wide By
stress OF the circumstances, and let her in.
Fortune comes to us like friendship. ain
m,ny ways We had not Known and
sometimes when We have abandoued
hope Of 1t as beggarly busiaesa, beneath
our attention.
When Lotto scrambled out Of that
drawer, with lame ankle, and aching
shoulder, and stinging "crazy bone" she
felt very sticky indeed, and looking about,
to 800 what was tho matter, hold up her
black dress to the light. The soft cash.
mere was trickling with sweet, thick, elup.
glsh streams Of q golden brown snbstance.
Lotto had tumbled into tho marmalsde.
what a lot OF til" sho said to S'reeuy
who came with hot water and towels to
saye the best black dress that must be
worn, marmalatled, or not msrmsladad
all that year. II did not know we had 60
many ounces"
There's acrea on EN-" said s'reouy.
with poetic disregard Of mathematical az.
cnracy. Yer mas sold ten Gang. But
yer ma amt no head for them things. /
wtsht had the owEering OF them squince-
why, what would do, sreeny, II Won
had the 'ownering' ofour quincs-busbes ~
asked Lotto laughing.
=, Il would make little money" said
Screeny pensively, against nv Yeddin'.n
slow much for instance, S'reenypD
SWELL" said S'reeny, II think I might
make as much as eleven dollars and sixty.
two aana . year. | think / could If |
owned them Northumberland could no. e..
the sugar" $50" ~
Lotto made no answer. She was sudden.
~ thoughtful and silent-,o silent That
Sreeny thought she must herself have
been impeachment; but, being Yaakee
giFl, would have died sooner than own II.
shs rubbed away at the cashmere the
harder, to make up Tor it, till tie snots
we're quite gone, and Lato went sway.
atlcky a1d syeet-=and thoughtful still.
"Mamms," sho said that night, "whst
is it about the ounce jelIy?" =
"Oh, l did sell little" said Mrs, Roll
install, flushing slightly. "Mr. Binuey
bought some, and--!he grocer"
II thought it was pears"
! wrote your
u don't remember it, "a
:, "4op didn't cay anything about it. r
thought perhaps you WE'RE ashamed oiit,n
said Mrs. Rollins,all hestatinaly, III
ut seems to m.," said Lotto, sadly,
that We have got rather past false shame
-as ? family. 1t would be better if we
had alWays been eboys it. Mamma |
meyer thought Of being Asnatned OF you tor
selling preserves"
"Very WE'LL" said Mrs. Rollinstsll. eiph-
Ing, I'm glad you didn't. made little
that way UPWARDS thp ta4es.A N ..0.,
"How much, mammaY'
Nine dollars and forty.two cents"
"Clear ~
Counting out the susar-yes; clearp
"Mamma," .eaid Lotto after a long silence,
u have an ideat at last-truly and really,
| think have"
Very we'll, t.oto,H ptill sadly iyon, the
invalid, u am always interested in your
ideas. l love to have you with me. NV
dear daughter. I don't know what will
become OF me wheu you 20 off to earn
your living again. Your father always
took such cara al NEIL 0nd-[ do not
bear it very we'll to live alone. lit
seems to break me up somehow-but per.
hsps-when I get BETTER " : 80,
Il shall never 60 off to earn my living,
mamma. interrupted Lotto, tosslng her
curls back from her bent lace, and taking
her mother, with one swift, sweet motion
close into her arms as if she had been pro-
te0tiDc a child. II ehall Stay with you,
and earn living, too" 90 '.Ts'4 ~
"Crocheting" asked her mother, trying
ta laugh, THE pea.green old lady is dead.
She died OF lueasles.'' S.I,' III
mo, not crocheting." .,.i. 3 .l-o.
s'TeachingI" .i..t,5,..g.
1--WE shonld stasve."
"Boarders2" s65,..5
No boarder would be suoh fool as to
come to Happy Hill. Unless we got 10 bio
summer reeort. Ven advertise "a a
summer resort=in the sweet by-and.by;
when want an addition to my buainess.
the pearG.p ~ f5l 10 -
"The WHAT" g,aarg|
eve will can the pears" said Loto.
calmly. II have thought 1t all through.
We will can the pears. And tho cherries.
And we'll do something with the common
North American apple. And the grapes,
And the tguinces'-mamma, we have our
place. It is our only capital. It 10 iull Of
fruit It can be fuller. It may DO used to
make living for this family-it ought to
be used-and 1t shall be done"
NYou are young, my DEAR" eaid the
widow, p!aintively. "You take suoh a
hopeful view Of thin2e. But could help
at that, couldn't I2" 4.ia sgs7,s51s5l
"somebody must hopel" cried Lotto in
ringing voice, and it shall be \, Pussy 7
Somebody must make things 20, whether
things like 1t or not. say, mamma, we
have fruit enough on this place to live out
Of if we have pluck enough. Papa lett US
the fruit. Now let US supply tho pluck.